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gcjfc s vr c r f a- 4 rfc wttt a4 tribune february 8 1989 editors mail disagree dear editor i vehemently disagree with the tribunes editorial of feb 1 re the welcome mat is out in stouffville for an airport in pickering be that as it may the fact your newspaper gave over a page of space for individuals to air their views is commendable the result of that i believe speaks for itself one in favor and five against admittedly the pop organiza tions voice does have a hollow- ring however how many different ways can a group say the same thing gordon cosgrove rr 2 claremont with respect to revival of the pickering airport issue i feel the time is right for the government to act but not in he building of an airport what a marvellous opportunity to establish a government- subsidized lowrental housing com munity the need is urgent just as urgent as a second airport perhaps moreso both ottawa and queens park own thousands of acres north and south of hwy 7 either properties could be used for this purpose i would suggest however that if such is venture is to he undertaken properly it should be done by private enterprise otherwise the initial cost and the subsequent ren tal rate would be prohibitive fred leggatt claremont the tribune established 1888 james thomas patricia pappas deborah weller jennifer hutt editor publisher advertising manager distribution manager retail advertising susan berry manager charles canning real estate classified advertising joan marshman real esiate manager dorothy young distribution sandy kiteley anene maddock business office manager chris bertram doreen deacon national sales representative metroland corporate sales 4941300 the stoutmie thbune published every wednesday and saturday at 54 main st stout fvtfe ont rs one of the metroland pnrang pubfermg cfetrbutng grrxp of suburban newspapers whch nclbdes the acton free press ajax pckerng news advertiser aurora banner brampton guartsan burtngton post etobcote advertiser guar dian georgetown independent 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supposedly closed was inundated by k wouldbe property purchasers all seek- l ing the latest in real estate ads i one young man holding a child said t he was looking for a farm f as yet it doesnt cost anything to look but multimillions to buy the kfarm as such in whitchurch- l stouffville will soon be a thing of the past while a percentage of saturdays traf- r fie was headed for the sales barn not k all many cars were wending their way f through stouffville subdivisions seek- 5 ing out signs reading for sale wherewillitend ir wont certainly there will be downturns real estate knows the k rollercoaster ride but this town is ripe for the picking and people are grabbing fruit far beyond their reach fears of a pending rate increase are partly responsible carnival a success the sixth annual claremont winter carnival was a great success even i without the snow i events not dependent on the white stuff were enjoyed to the full and while the parade crowd fell short of ex- pectations the pancake breakfast the j ham supper the snow queen pageant and the trappers ball were largely attended saturdays cold undoubtedly kept many off the parade route however it was anything but cold in- side the beautiful 4soasons golf and country club scene of the winter car- nival dance it was packed to capacity just as warm was the friendliness of the hosts and patrons so typically claremont may this annual event long remain a part of the claremont community this is only february not usually a prime time for real estate sales think then what the spring will bring it bog gles the mind of the homeowner who but 25 years ago purchased a house for a song how high is up we predict residential properties soaring to 500000 by 1990 whitchurchstouffville isnt alone in this inflationary spiral communities like bloomington ballantraeand clare mont are feeling it too uxbridge is also a hive of real estate activity and still we talk of affordable homes theres no such thing its whatever the traffic will bear right now were riding a rocket to where nobody knows i spelling its an ongoing problem within our education system was it always so or is it a recent in fectious disease brought on by an im mune deficiency in the elementary curriculum educators at leasf most educators admit theres just cause for concern and i honestly believe theyre trying to do something about it just what at this point in time isnt absolutely clear perhaps someone in the hierarchy of the ministry of education will clue me in on what steps are being taken to cor rect this sorry situation but was it ever thus sometimes we tend to look with jaun diced eyes on current educational short comings forgetting how things werent all that rosy back in mom and dads day in grade 8 senior fourth i con sidered myself a better than average speller but how was i to know there was only one other kid in the class hardly a fair assumption through high school however nothing changed i coped with composi tions and essays without difficidty or so i thought however either my english teachers didnt know how to spell either or i selected words of limited challenge but a rude shock oc curred on entering business college the very first apptitude test was spelling io i didnt fail but my mark fell far short of a freepass course requirement what a jolt thirteen years of cruising along and suddenly wham a deadend street it brought me up short some will honestly say i havent yet learned my lesson all that well theyll point to errors on pages 1 3 4 7 and 10 indicating im in no position to criticize the new crop of grads about to blossom forth into a workaday world and maybe theyre right however for an education system thats supposedly kept pace with the times in this one area i feel its been marking time maybe even slipped a notch or two some hard and fast guidelines are required i say this holding to the opinion the learning process is fragmented by wouldbe specialists who feel their ways the right way and the only way this leaves teachers and parents totally confused the most brazen example of this oc curred one evening at orchard park school stouffville four years ago this learned lady had the audacity to thumb her nose at spelling she sug gested understanding was of primary importance anything less she said and a child might be afraid to experi ment he or she would look for an easier way to say the same thing for example if the student spelled phone fone that was fine as long as the child knew what it meant the same would hold true i presume for beautiful butiful or guitar g-i-t- ar or photo foto and so on by the time the speaker was halfway through her presentation i walked out unwilling to be brainwashed into think ing that maybe just maybe she was right four years later im saying she was all wrong and part of the cause of our current spelling problems hopefully no teachers on the orchard park staff took what she was saying seriously i sure didnt but theres a brighter side there are instructors within the system who still hold to the belief that spelling is important how do i know on friday daughter marylynn pro udly showed me her grade 9 january test paper in health across the top her teacher had writ ten excellent her mark was 48 out of 50 but something else was added it said watch your spelling circled were the words physical mentaly and poisonos because of these errors three additional marks were removed giving her a 45 out of 50 but get this after she had written all the corrected words ten times each and handed them in the three marks were added on and this was a health test not english unfortunately the teachers signature was not attached id like to shake hisher hand where theres life and dedication theres hope i still hope theres hope for me stouffvilles changing scene the former village of stouffville has surely changed in the last 30 years the location is main street west in the area of ninth line south and fairview avenue the year is some time back in the early 1950s the building centre is fred bycrs john deere sales and service now giles chevrolctoldsmobilc ltd on the lower left is mole motors ltd later acquired by neil patrick motors ltd and now stouffville rental at lower right is earl hoovers machine shop now hoover welding the tribune thanks muriel hoover rr 2 markham for the loan of this photo editors mail growth dear editor its obvious from your editorial feb 1 the tribune has adopted a progrowth stance with regard to stouffvilles future in doing so i trust you as editor are aware of the degree of growth our town could be headed towards if water and sewerage services are provided from the south cither via the pickering airport project or hookup with the big pipe this semirural community will literally burst at the seams there would be no reason or excuse for it not doing so after all without limited services and maximum in vestment the ontario municipal board would give the green light to massive residential commer cial and industrial buildup is this what stouffville wants i personally dont know what the answers are with respect to servic ing thais why we hire engineers and elect councils i do know that once we open the doors the hordes will rush in as a homeowner i feel its too great a price to pay sincerely hugh mcmillan dorman drive stouffville